Mendini By Cecilio Alto Saxophone for Beginners, E Flat Alto Saxophone for Students Musicians with Tuner, Mouthpiece, Case, 10 Reeds, Grease, Cleaning Cloth & Rod, Gloves, Strap, Lesson Book (Silver)

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My beginner is in 4th grade and well on the way, so I feel I can accurately report, now having worked over the instrument several times. The neck is the greatest and most immediate problem, as notes below A in the upper register will squeak if that neck valve opens on a press of the octave key. It is clear that nobody at the store bothered to set it up, and you or someone at school will have to figure it out. I don't fault the supplier much, though, because you are going to have to get used to things going wrong. When I was a kid, we didn't send out instruments: there was a senior student in charge of tinkering. So take satisfaction in joining a time-honored tradition! The next thing that went wrong was, pieces of cork mysteriously coming unaffixed from the linkage. It seems that some connections are doubly cushioned unnecessarily, with cork AND a silicone grease fitting. The grease dissolves the contact cement that keeps the cork attached. So if you would prefer the cork, get on that right away. I missed the opportunity, but the instrument seems no worse for wear, after mopping up the mess with some alcohol and cotton swabs. One silicone cushion had to be trimmed with an X-acto knife, because it was hitting an adjacent valve, in the right-hand palm keys. Lastly, my young player tried to stand the instrument with the neck hanging over the back of a chair, and dropped the whole thing, knocking in the right-hand pinky keys and putting the adjacent linkage out of whack.The teacher was going to send it off (I guess she felt responsible for poor supervision and instruction, in this case), but I got out my tools and had it up and running the next day. Just coat posts with hot-melt glue to protect them, before cranking on them with pliers. I also found a C-clamp useful, to compress the posts toward each other, and with blocks of wood make a vise for the bail of the neck valve. Screws were all good quality, handled with my pecision slotted screwdrivers. So my child is honking away happily, and we're both proud. This horn sounds great compared to supposedly better instruments, and has a great look with the Nickel option. Value justifies the effort.

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I bought this for 10 YO daughter (4th Grade). She just started band this year, and we started out renting (rent to own) a sax from a local music store. I started doing the math on the rent to own, and realized that we would spent about $1200 before we owned the sax - which was used, and in rough cosmetic condition. I started looking around at different purchasing options, when I came across this on Amazon. Since this is my daughters first year, we knew there was a good chance of her losing interest, so we didn't want to sink a fortune into a new sax, so we decided to give this a try. For $240, the risk was low (we would have spend that in 8 months renting). First impressions...this is a gorgeous sax. We opted for the nickel finish (I always wanted a nickel sax when I was playing). I took it out of the box and tested all the keys. Everything feels well built and high quality. We put it together and played it side by side with the rented sax (which was an Antigua) - the sound quality was equal to, if not slightly better than, the rented sax. I played sax through high school, so I feel like I'm qualified to judge the sound quality. But as further confirmation, her music teacher has also commented on the quality and sound of this instrument. I can't tell you how happy I am with this purchase. We could replace this sax 5 times for the same cost as a rental...but I really don't think we will need to. If my daughter decides to stick with this into High School, we will think about upgrading...but for the next few years, I have no doubt that this sax will serve her well.

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